London 2012 Olympic Games – Keeping the Dance Flame Alive
What can we expect from the arts in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games? Donald Hutera investigates.
15 June 2012
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Anusha Subramanyam
Bharatanatyam artist, Anusha Subramanyam, talks training, creation and philosophy with Donald Hutera.
15 June 2012
Reflections from Alchemy Festival 2012
Jahnavi Harrison shares her impressions of this year’s Festival. How does your experience compare?
15 June 2012
A Lasting Connection
Bisakha Sarker recalls how a chance meeting brought back some very fond memories of a community dance project in Liverpool.
15 June 2012
The Art of Critical Writing
Lucinda Al-Zoghbi shares the vision of our recent short course.
15 June 2012
Thumri Rasrang
On 17 May Dr. Margaret Walker, University of Ontario, delivered a lecture entitled ‘Subtle Glances and Graceful Stances: The Gentrification of Women’s Dance in North India’, followed by a performance of two thumris by kathak dancer Natalia Hildner.
15 June 2012
Dev Kahan Hai?/Configurations
Shobana Jeyasingh trained in bharatanatyam, and when she formed her company back in 1988 she was clear that the abhinaya aspect of that style was not her interest. Instead, it was nritta, the formal lexicon of steps, sequences and rhythms.
15 June 2012
Akademi presents: Arunima Kumar and Shane Shambhu
Akademi presents: Arunima Kumar and Shane Shambhu offered a thought-provoking comparison of the ways in which these two artists, both trained in classical dance (Kumar in kuchipudi, Shambhu in bharatanatyam), have chosen to interpret their respective dance form for today’s audiences.
15 June 2012
Odissi Dance Recital
Following her performance at the Nehru Centre in autumn 2011 – Ileana Citaristi’s first visit to the UK for many years – this Orissa-based dancer and scholar returned to conduct a one-week workshop at the Bhavan and to perform a programme of choreography by her teacher, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra.
15 June 2012
Seventieth Birthday Celebrations
What could be a more fitting tribute to a performer whose love and passion for dance remain undimmed after fifty-five years at the game, than to mark a milestone birthday by dancing?
15 June 2012